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Thursday thoughts (some of which actually may have occurred on Wednesday and some of which some might not even be considered thoughts or even a reasonable facsimile thereof by harsher critics out there in cyberspace): Judging from a distance (meaning on the sofa of corporate headquarters at elliottharris.com), fans at the United Center for Game 1 of the Chicago Blackhawks-Boston Bruins Stanley Cup finals on Wednesday (June 12) semed to enjoy the Hawks hits almost as much as their shots on goal. Ah, blood lust.
It appears that bikini competitor Maddie Abrams also looks good in Blackhawks attire. Credit: Don Bersano / Bersano Photography
* If the Hawks 4-3 Game 1 victory didn’t end at the stroke of midnight, it couldn’t have been more than a few strokes after. Given the nature and length of the contest, it would not be surprising if a few folks didn’t have strokes — or close to them — while watching the action.
* Not being knowledgeable about hockey (not have I ever claimed to be), I was curious to find out Charo was a member of the Bruins. Wondered where Xavier Cugat was (oh, yeah, he’s dead) before learning the player actually is Zdeno Chara.
* Among the benefits of the game going three overtimes, photographer/friend Don Bersano had time to transmit a Hawks picture to use with today’s effort. Shortly before the game-winning goal, he emailed a photo of bikini competitor Maddie Adams, the 2013 NPC Illinois State Championships winner in Bikini A. Maddie will be competing this weekend at the Junior Nationals in Rosemont, Ill. She is trained by Jake Baumgartner. Oh, and she is a Hawks fan.
* From Jeff Nuich of Comcast SportsNet Chicago comes this statistical item of note: Teams winning the first game of the Stanley Cup finals have won NHL championships in 56 of 73 seasons (76.7%) since 1939. OK, so I did a little calculating of my own: Teams winning the last game of the series have won 100% of the time.
* Speaking of Comcast SportsNet, Game 1 lasted so long that it looked for a while that “Blackhawks Postgame Live” would air shortly before Game 2.
* As long as we’re going to use material from other sources, here is a tweet (for those unfamiliar with the noun, that’s what people do on Twitter when they send out messages) Andrew Siciliano, who once toiled in Chicago radio before finding fame and fortune in Los Angeles as a multi-media threat, posted this during the second overtime: Derrick Rose may be back before this hockey game is over….
* Speaking of using other people’s tweets, here is the always entertaining Jim O’Donnell, the highly talented scribe who has toiled for the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times and Daily Herald (among other outposts): Length of game, fatigue forced downgrade of Chelsea Dagger to Chelsea Paring Knife.
* The White Sox postponed their Wednesday night game early in the day because of the likelihood of bad weather (and, some might say, because of the certainty of the Blackhawks playing).
Molly Holly, who once was part of WWE, is scheduled to be at The Squared Circle on Thursday evening. Probably not in this outfit.
For those who are fans of former WWE personality Molly Holly or of food and/or drink, be advised that she is scheduled to be at The Squared Circle (2418 N. Ashland, Chicago) on Thursday at 7 p.m.
As readers of this space — and quite possibly non-readers of this space (but those people wouldn’t be reading this, would they?) likely know, The Squared Circle is owned and operated by Lisa Marie Varon and her husband/chef Lee.
Lisa Marie used to be Victoria in her WWE days. She is known nowadays in wrestling circles — or squares, as the case may be — as Tara. As in TNA Tara. TNA also being known nowadays as Impact Wrestling.
And while we are talking about wrestling and attractive females, here is something that Christy Hemme passed along on Twitter. In case anyone was wondering whether it is worthwhile to follow her (and in case you are confused, the answer is: yes):
If it’s Thursday (which it most definitely is at this hour — provided that yesterday was Wednesday or today is a subsequent Thursday), then it is time for another edition of “Sports & Torts” on Talkzone.com at noon Central time. The June 13 show with co-hosts David Spada and Elliott Harris features two members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame: quarterback Warren Moon and defensive tackle Alan Page.
For those who miss the noon show, it will be available later in the day on the Talkzone.com site.
And here, as usual, is where to go for your daily dose of non-gratuitous video (thanks to the efforts of the editorial and video departments at elliottharris.com and their borad definition of “gratuitous”):
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